The Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association are separated by a three-hour drive along 200 miles of Interstate 65, but their history is a lot closer than that. The Bulls joined the NBA in 1967, the same year the Pacers became one of the original franchises of the now defunct American […]
Chicago Bears For ticket and team information, visit chicagobears.com. (All seats in 61,500-seat Soldier Field are sold out for the 2010 season, but additions to the waiting list are accepted with a $100 non-refundable deposit.) Training camp opens July 30 at 3 p.m. at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., and ends Aug. 19. Admission
Sports Play Ball! Pros take the field in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Ticket information Chicago Cubs www.chicago.cub.mlb.com Chicago White Sox www.chicago.whitesox.mlb.com South Bend Silver Hawks 574/235-9988 www.silverhawks.com Gary RailCats 219/882-2255 www.railcatsbaseball.com Chicago baseball is smiling. The season has just begun and both the Cubs and White Sox are in the thick of a pennant race.
Sports School Spirit College football is a big deal at Indiana’s big three sports institutions. Major college football in Indiana For more information on Indiana’s major college football programs, visit these websites: University of Notre Dame www.und.com Purdue University www.purduesports.com Indiana University iuhoosiers.cstv.com College football fans in Indiana are excited about a new season. Fall
Indianapolis- Heartland Truly Moving Pictures is now accepting high school film entries for the upcoming 2011 film festival. The competition is open to all high school students nationally. Film submissions will have similar judging criteria as those submitting to the Heartland Film Festival based on technical merit, artistic excellance and representing the positive values of life. The theme for this years student film competion is “courage.” For further
HAMMOND – The South Shore Convention and Visitors Association has announced the winners in its annual Ugly Lamp and Tree contest conducted as a part of its annual “A Christmas Story Comes Home” event. Ugly Lamp winners were Michelle Johnston and Katie Noojin of Griffith for their foot lamp. The tree contest
HAMMOND – “A Christmas Story” Comes Home exhibit at the Indiana Welcome Center will be on display through Jan. 9. The first weekend event, “Kid’s Kickoff” will be Sunday, Nov. 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children can enjoy a free train ride around the exhibit and displaying, make crafts and write
LAPORTE – Tickets for the 16th annual LaPorte Hospital Foundation Holiday at the Pops are on sale. The concert will be 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 at the LaPorte Civic Auditorium, 1001 Ridge St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Visiting Nurse Association HomeCare and Hospice and other philanthropic health care
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Symphony Orchestra will present “Masterworks II – Music from the Heart,” at 8 p.m. (EST) Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Morris Performing Arts Center. Maestro Tsung Yeh and the orchestra will present an event of music of Dvorak and Chopin with guest artist Chu-Fang Huang. The
Art in the Garden is June 6 Taltree Arboretum and Gardens will once again host Art in the Garden, an art fair that enticed more than 1,000 visitors last year. This year’s fair will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CDT) Sunday, June 6, 2010 at the arboretum, 450 West 100 North, Valparaiso, IN.
